Author: [California Benefit Cookery Book]. Owen, Mrs Adelaide M. - Compiler
Title: OLD And NEW BRITISH RECIPES Collected for Your Pleasure and Compiled for Your Convenience to Aid British War Relief
Description: San Francisco: British War Relief Association of Northern California, 1940. 1st Printing. Not in Axeford, though see p. 303 for a 1941 NYC edition; not in Wheaton & Kelly. Red & blue plastic comb binding, with printed card stock covers. 125, [3 (blank)] pp. Pp 5-10, Calories, Minerals & Vitamins charts. Pp. 36 - 43, divers meat illustrations [e.g. Beef, Port, etc]. 12mo. 8" x 5-1/2". Light wear, and a bit of age-toning. Ever so faint musty smell. Very Good. The British War Relief Society (BWRS) was a US-based humanitarian umbrella organization dealing with the supply of non-military aid such as food, clothes, medical supplies and financial aid to people in Great Britain during the early years of the Second World War. The BWRS had many local affiliates; the Northern California chapter issued this charitable benefit cookery book in order to raise funds for the BWRS.

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